Tashard Choice on T.O.: ‘I’ll miss him tremendously’

Count Tashard Choice among the players mourning the departure of Terrell Owens.

The second-year running back from Georgia Tech suggested Thursday the jury is still out on whether quarterback Tony Romo and tight end Jason Witten orchestrated the release of Terrell Owens. Asked if he thought Romo and Witten might have played a role in Owens’ departure last month, Choice said in a phone interview, “You never know. We don’t really know the whole situation behind it. But it shocked everybody. When (Owens) called me, I was shocked. The players wanted him to stay.”

Choice, who called Owens his “big brother” and said he would miss the mercurial receiver “tremendously,” will be at the opening of the Sports Authority at U.S. Highway 281 and Evans Road from 1-2 p.m. Saturday.

Throughout today, I’ll be posting excerpts from my interview with Choice. There will be a story on him in the print edition of Saturday’s Express-News. He’ll also be the subject of a Cowboys Insider that will be posted on mysanantonio.com later today.